# Bastor Village, Raiganj, Uttar Dinajpur (West Bengal)

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Village · Raiganj, Uttar Dinajpur 

# Bastor

Bastor is a village in Raiganj sub-district of Uttar Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **799 people in 158 households**, the 166th largest of 221 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 66.6%, above the sub-district's rural average of 62.8%.

- 799people (2011)
- 158households
- 66.6%literacy
- 925females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Bastor

Of every 100 households in Bastor in 2011, 0 had electricity, 10 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 31 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Bastor · ■ Raiganj rural average

Electricity for lighting ****0%**

**27%

Toilet within the home ****10%**

**32%

No toilet (open defecation) ****90%**

**67%

Tap water ****0%**

**6%

Drinking water within premises ****64%**

**72%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****0%**

**4%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****100%**

**92%

Use banking services ****10%**

**24%

Television ****3%**

**16%

Mobile phone ****31%**

**30%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**5%

Car / jeep / van ****1%**

**1%

None of these assets ****7%**

**21%

Own their home ****95%**

**97%

Source: [Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14)](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## What is the population of Bastor?

■ Bastor · ■ Raiganj rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****66.6%**

**62.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****925**

**941

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****794**

**939

Working population ****52.1%**

**39.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 77.8% for men and 54.8% for women. 57% of men and 47% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 111 (27%) · **■** Farm labourers 61 (15%) · **■** Other work 21 (5%) · **■** Marginal 223 (54%)

Source: [Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Other villages of similar size in Raiganj

- Malanchi871 people
- Hatmani858 people
- Dangapara832 people
- Bhiti811 people
- Brahmapur773 people
- Bannagra762 people
- Budhor757 people
- Chapra745 people

[All 222 villages in Raiganj](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/uttar-dinajpur/raiganj/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Bastor?799 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Bastor in?Uttar Dinajpur district (Raiganj sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Bastor?66.6% (Census 2011)